The birds may have quickly learned that people who make eye contact are ... a number of techniques for stopping seagulls from stealing food at the seaside. It found that out of 74 gulls, more ...

Nothing ruins a relaxing trip to the seaside quite like a seagull swooping in and stealing your chips ... have figured out how to stop seagulls nicking your food. Professor Paul Graham, Professor ...

He said when people fed the birds, they became more friendly and were more likely to pinch a chip or two. "It's not really a case of the seagulls attacking, but the seagulls stealing some chips is ...

John Gould, often called the father of Australian birdwatching, was particularly fond of seagulls and wrote that they were ...

The secret to protecting your seaside chips from scavenging seagulls is to stare at them, scientists have said. The birds are more likely to steal ... how people might be able to reduce food ...

“They must be outgoing as, if this week is anything to go by, they will be approached for pictures by a lot of people ... continual problems with seagulls stealing food from visitors and ...

Noisy chip-stealing winged evil. Seagulls don’t have the best reputation. Seen by many as a blight wherever they’re found, they’d probably make a lot of people’s top ten things they could ...

But has anyone had food snatched ... sneaky seagulls have swooped down to take their food,” reported Claire Field, a community pharmacist based in Cornwall. Rumour has it that people with ...